Psalms 58
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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam + 58:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David.

God Judges the Earth

1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?+ 2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.+ 3The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.+ 4Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,+ 5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.+ 6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.+ 7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.+ 8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.+ 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.+ 10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;+ 11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”+

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